Eliza Gkritsi

Tech journalist with a passion for climate change change. Currently @POLITICOEurope. formerly @Euractiv @CoinDesk @technodeChina @AthensLiveGR

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

While much of Europe is turning its back on Donald Trump, Greece is conspicuously doubling down on its relationship with MAGA.

Here’s why 👇
https://t.co/Ld9NoIcElr

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Ahead of Hungary’s election next month, deepfake videos targeting opposition leader Péter Magyar are spreading widely online, much of it amplifying narratives pushed by PM Viktor Orbán’s allies.

For Brussels, the surge poses an awkward problem.

🔗 https://t.co/ocBExs5OJO

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

Governments should halt plans to roll out age checks on online services until privacy and security concerns are addressed, hundreds of academics said today.

The warning comes as countries around the world move to bar children from social media.

https://t.co/BEq0sdAtCZ

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

A court in Germany yesterday ordered Elon Musk's social media site X to hand over data related to the upcoming election in Hungary to researchers for scrutiny.
https://t.co/KpPEdv7HCr

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

One of the EU’s top tech enforcers yesterday sought to rally officials and civil society groups facing fire from the American administration over the bloc’s digital rules, telling them:

“Don’t let yourself be scared.”
https://t.co/Ibj0jy8nAI

[Eliza Gkritsi @egreechee]

The EU Commission's DSA team is finally going for the jugular. How will it play out?

https://t.co/lerP8XzkYt

[Eliza Gkritsi @egreechee]

These days wars are won or lost in the comment sections of reels.

https://t.co/nKr4GFs5MU

[Eliza Gkritsi @egreechee]

Wonderful discussion with @JonHaidt @VeronikaCifrova and @swheaton. I think this story is the most important (even beyond our portfolio). Whatever cause you care about, it will eventually be the responsibility of the next generation.

[Jonathan Haidt @JonHaidt]

I'm just returning from a visit to Brussels where I learned so much about the EUs efforts to protect children online. They are moving! They have already blocked chatbot toys and teddy bears.

I talked with @VeronikaCifrova, @egreechee, and @swheaton on a Politico podcast...

[Eliza Gkritsi @egreechee]

well I know what I am doing tomorrow

[House Judiciary GOP 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @JudiciaryGOP]

🚨@JudiciaryGOP subpoenaed Europe’s secret 183-page censorship order to X 🚨

The @EU_Commission’s first ever fine under the Digital Services Act (DSA) was against @X and @elonmusk for €120 million—nearly 6% of its GLOBAL revenue—for defending free speech.

Now we know why: Leftist Euro bureaucrats fined X because it innovated its blue checkmark system and refused to give into demands from misinformation pseudoscientists.

🧵Read below to see what the Europeans didn’t want Americans, or anyone else, to see. ⬇️

[Eliza Gkritsi @egreechee]

@franceintheus for sure

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The EU has said it will "make sure" Elon Musk’s X pays €120 million fine.
https://t.co/MjZUWBH5kg

[Veronika Cifrova Ostrihonova @VeronikaCifrova]

@egreechee
https://t.co/ngnvfygj5m

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

🚨 BREAKING: The far right and far left in the EU Parliament will file separate no-confidence motions against European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at midnight.

Read the story: https://t.co/KCpe4wTxdx

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

🚨 BREAKING: The European Commission today fined Google €2.95 billion for abusing its dominant position in the advertising technology market.

Full story: https://t.co/6gczWgrMWG

[Eliza Gkritsi @egreechee]

We are so back... with basically the same situation as before the summer break. It's almost as if a trade deal never happened! @pieter_haeck @Fra_Miche @MaxGriera

https://t.co/CVv4GH1gTq

[Léo Lictevout 🇪🇺 @LeoLct037]

Gotta say, really wise of @HennaVirkkunen to take the high road & not react to Trump's threats on EU tech regulation.
Would be a shame if someone were to issue a salty comment about it & add fuel to the fire of EU-US relations.

cc @ThierryBreton whatcha up to these days?

[Jacob Wendler @jacob_wendler]

The White House and State Dept declined to weigh in on a @Reuters report that the Trump admin is weighing sanctions on EU officials over the Digital Services Act.

More w/ @egreechee for @POLITICOEurope:

https://t.co/mAsmu4CDNA

[POLITICOEurope @POLITICOEurope]

The EU’s regulation of US Big Tech companies is a big bone of contention between the two sides.

And a lack of specifics in Sunday’s deal between Brussels and US President Donald Trump has allowed both sides to push their own narrative.

🔗 https://t.co/Uvd5eqithY

[Veronika Cifrova Ostrihonova @VeronikaCifrova]

https://t.co/UNUEu7T1sL
@POLITICOEurope by @egreechee

[Elisa Giomi @elisagiomi]

Thanks to @POLITICOEurope and @egreechee for giving me the opportunity to take stock of some of the most important issues we are addressing in @AGCOMunica: #influencer, age verification and the implementation of the #DSA-#Digital Service Act https://t.co/zoY2sCde8q